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| a verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines in iambic pentameter with rhymes arranged according to a fixed scheme, usually divided either into octave and sestet or, in the English form, into three quatrains and a couplet |
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| having the form and manner of a song as well as expressing the writer’s personal feelings and thoughts |
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| a pair of lines of the verse that rhyme |
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| unrhymed verse, especially in iambic pentameters |
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| a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion |
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| the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter |
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| the story or plan of a play, novel, etc. |
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| the attribution of human characteristics to things, abstract ideas, etc, as for literary or artistic effect |
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| a narrative poem in short stanzas of popular origin, originally sung to a repeated tune |
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| a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious |
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| a long narrative poem recounting in elevated style the deeds of a legendary hero, especially one originating in oral folk tradition |
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| a mournful or plaintive poem or song, especially a lament for the dead |
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| poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses |
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| verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern |
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| having the nature of a musical, literary, or other composition that mimics the style of another composer, author, etc, in a humorous or satirical way |
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| a poem that tells a story and has a plot |
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| a fixed number of verse lines arranged in a definite metrical pattern, forming a unit of a poem |
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| a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus |
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| a poem whose meaning is conveyed through its graphic shape or pattern on the printed page |
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| the act or an instance of repeating; reiteration |
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| figurative or descriptive language in a literary work |
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| an expression of a statement or text in other words, especially in order to clarify |
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| verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines |
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| any specific such arrangement; metre |
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| something that represents or stands for something else |
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